Table 4 .. Land Area, Population Per Square Mile and Rank

New Jersey Northeast United States/3
Land Area
Square Miles/1 7,417 162,272 3,536,342
Population per Square/2
Mile
1920 425.5 182.8 30.0
1930 544.9 212.2 34.8
1940 560.9 221.7 37.4
1950 651.9 243.3 42.8
1960 818.0 275.3 50.7
1970 966.8 302.3 57.5
1980 993.0 302.8 64.1
1990 1,042.2 313.1 70.3
Rank: Population
Per Square Mile
1920 3 1
1930 3 1
1940 2 1
1950 2 1
1960 2 1
1970 1 1
1980 1 1
1990 1 1
* Excludes District of Columbia.
1. Dry land and land temporarily or partially covered by
river flood plains; streams, sloughs, estuaries, and
mile in width; and lakes, reservoirs, and ponds less
2. All population densities are based on the 1990 land ar
of Population and Housing.
3. United States population density figures given for var
boundries of the United States which was under the ju
question, including in some cases considerable areas
by the census. In 1870, for example, Alaska was not
SOURCE: U.S. Censuses of Population and Housing.